From The A-J's Pages

Published: Tuesday, December 30, 2008

25 years ago:

To your New Year's resolution to quit smoking and lose a little weight in 1984, you can add another which can make the coming year safer for yourself and others. Promise yourself that you will not drive home drunk tonight, New Year's Eve, and the Lubbock Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse can help you stick to it. LCADA is offering "Free Ride Home" to anyone who feels he has had too much to drink.

50 years ago:

Big New Year's Eve Dance! Come out and help us bring the New Year in with all the hats, horns, confetti, furnished free. Don Allen and the Sunset Ramblers from 9 til 1 at the Cotton Club. Slaton Hwy.

75 years ago:

Political seeds, warmed by 1934's biennial elections, are sprouting in Lubbock County. Most office-holders will seek re-election and there are many possible candidates "on the outside looking in."